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Ethicurean nominated for Treehugger Best of Green award!
The Ethicurean has been nominated for a TreeHugger.com Best of Green award, in the Food & Health category. The Best of Green Awards recognize "the people, companies and ideas doing the best in walking the sustainability
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Food & Wine magazine sins against the monkfish
A monkfish (Wikimedia Commons) In the January 2010 issue of Food & Wine magazine,
Scorched pastures and lost birds at Soul Food Farm
The Bay Area's well-known, much-loved Soul Food Farm was devastated by a fire last night, I learned this morning from a heartbreaking email sent to friends by Soul Food's Alexis
Just say YIMBY: Weed expert Nancy Gift talks about lawns for dinner
By Holly Hickman vs. Recently, a man I know sprayed his front and back lawns with a brand of weed killer he'd bought from the
New book about high cost of a bargain, “Cheap,” lauds Wegmans
And what about those Swedish meatballs?: This provocatively titled review ("Why Ikea is as bad as Wal-Mart") of Ellen Ruppel Shell's new book, "Cheap:
In case you missed it: Will Allen profiled in NY Times Mag
We can't get enough of Will Allen: The Sunday New York Times Magazine had a must-read profile of Milwaukee urban farmer and grant magnet Will Allen, one of the most inspiring leaders of the sustainable food movement. Allen, writes "Bottlemania" author Elizabeth Royte, "is the go-to expert on urban farming…a
Fujimotos’ departure from Monterey Market a tough blow to local food chain
By Carol Ness Calling Bill and Judy Fujimoto's forced departure on Wednesday from Berkeley's Monterey Market — after two years of family dissension over their vision for the business — a tragedy isn't a stretch. For those who don't know it, Monterey
Ann Wright named Deputy Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at USDA
All Wright!!!: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed Ann Wright as Deputy Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at USDA. Before serving as senior policy advisor to Majority Leader Harry Reid on issues before the Senate Agriculture Committee, she was a policy analyst for Consumers
Meeting Louis Bromfield - and Wendell Berry! - at Malabar Farm
Here in northeastern Ohio, not only are we surrounded by acres of rich agricultural land, on which depend a mixture of big and small farms, but in every county there are hidden pockets of little-known historical significance. And in almost-neighboring Richland County, one historical attraction has appeal
Family farm advocate named GIPSA head
Sunshine comes to the stockyards: USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack wins some more fans in these quarters by naming Dudley Butler to head the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). (USDA
A big O no! Oprah teams up with KFC
Bucket O' misery: Oprah Winfrey has teamed up with Kentucky Fried Chicken to offer a downloadable coupon from KFC for two pieces of grilled chicken, two sides, and a biscuit. (Los Angeles Times) Ugh. America's
Everybody loves Polyface Farm
Pope Joel: Joel Salatin's Polyface Farm has become Mecca for sustainable agriculture tourists, with farm-tour reservations as hard to get as Spago in the '80s. (Washington Post) We're
Radical agtivism: California Senate’s new Food and Ag Committee chair
Flowers for Florez: We (heart) California Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, new chair of California's ag committee, which in January took the unprecedented step of adding "food" to its name. This piece from a trade newspaper looks at how he's broken with the herd on animal welfare, animal use of antibiotics,
Dan Barber’s fish tale at the Brooklyn Food Conference
A healthy ecoseastem: Chef and lyrical speaker/writer Dan Barber gave one of his amazing lectures at the Brooklyn Food Conference, and some little agtivist angel has transcribed it for those of us who weren't there. Barber tells a love story about two fish: one that he had to throw back into the sea-based
Tom Vilsack has been making friends in both camps
Two-faced Tom?: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has disarmed sustainable-ag opponents through his organic People's Garden for the USDA and appointment of reformers like Kathleen Merrigan, while reassuring agribiz through support for corn ethanol and GMOs. Vilsack himself sees no contradiction: he's
